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...Ralph Houk...
...Sure, Houk is a player's man--he won't blast them in print or lead by fear or threats--but there's nothing wrong with that. When he retired from baseball, Al Kaline commented that Houk was the best manager he ever played under. And, Yaz said it at the press conference: nobody, not stars or scrubs, ever knocks Houk as a man or a manager...
Players can perform under somebody they like--Danny Murtaugh, Bill Virdon, and Gil Hodges are good examples. Maybe Zimmer was too friendly with the boys, but Houk has done it for years and he's had success. Anyway, as Sullivan says, he may not be the right man, but "you'll never know until...
...lone player attending the conference, Carl Yastrzemski, heartily endorsed Houk as "an excellent choice...
...Houk succeeds Don Zimmer in what has been termed the hardest job in baseball. The 16-year veteran of major league managing denied that he considered this assignment harder than any other, however...